I'm looking forward to implement a LookAt( forward, up ) method where:
Vector3 forward = eyePosition - targetPosition;
Vector3 up;
I've seen some implementations over the web, but analizing the code, I've found potencial misbehaviors...
I list them from easiest to hardest:
1) This won't work if UP is a zero vector.
2) This won't work if FORWARD is a zero vector.
3) This won't work if UP and FORWARD are parallels.
...
So.. How should this method correctly be implemented?
Here is a code example I've found.
/*
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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <OpenGLES/EAGL.h>
#import <OpenGLES/ES1/gl.h>
#import <OpenGLES/ES1/glext.h>
void gluLookAt(GLfloat eyex, GLfloat eyey, GLfloat eyez,
GLfloat centerx, GLfloat centery, GLfloat centerz,
GLfloat upx, GLfloat upy, GLfloat upz);
gluLookAt.m
/*
* gluLookAt.c
*/
#include "gluLookAt.h"
void gluLookAt(GLfloat eyex, GLfloat eyey, GLfloat eyez,
GLfloat centerx, GLfloat centery, GLfloat centerz,
GLfloat upx, GLfloat upy, GLfloat upz)
{
GLfloat m[16];
GLfloat x[3], y[3], z[3];
GLfloat mag;
/* Make rotation matrix */
/* Z vector */
z[0] = eyex - centerx;
z[1] = eyey - centery;
z[2] = eyez - centerz;
mag = sqrt(z[0] * z[0] + z[1] * z[1] + z[2] * z[2]);
if (mag) { /* mpichler, 19950515 */
z[0] /= mag;
z[1] /= mag;
z[2] /= mag;
}
/* Y vector */
y[0] = upx;
y[1] = upy;
y[2] = upz;
/* X vector = Y cross Z */
x[0] = y[1] * z[2] - y[2] * z[1];
x[1] = -y[0] * z[2] + y[2] * z[0];
x[2] = y[0] * z[1] - y[1] * z[0];
/* Recompute Y = Z cross X */
y[0] = z[1] * x[2] - z[2] * x[1];
y[1] = -z[0] * x[2] + z[2] * x[0];
y[2] = z[0] * x[1] - z[1] * x[0];
/* mpichler, 19950515 */
/* cross product gives area of parallelogram, which is < 1.0 for
* non-perpendicular unit-length vectors; so normalize x, y here
*/
mag = sqrt(x[0] * x[0] + x[1] * x[1] + x[2] * x[2]);
if (mag) {
x[0] /= mag;
x[1] /= mag;
x[2] /= mag;
}
mag = sqrt(y[0] * y[0] + y[1] * y[1] + y[2] * y[2]);
if (mag) {
y[0] /= mag;
y[1] /= mag;
y[2] /= mag;
}
#define M(row,col) m[col*4+row]
M(0, 0) = x[0];
M(0, 1) = x[1];
M(0, 2) = x[2];
M(0, 3) = 0.0;
M(1, 0) = y[0];
M(1, 1) = y[1];
M(1, 2) = y[2];
M(1, 3) = 0.0;
M(2, 0) = z[0];
M(2, 1) = z[1];
M(2, 2) = z[2];
M(2, 3) = 0.0;
M(3, 0) = 0.0;
M(3, 1) = 0.0;
M(3, 2) = 0.0;
M(3, 3) = 1.0;
#undef M
glMultMatrixf(m);
/* Translate Eye to Origin */
glTranslatef(-eyex, -eyey, -eyez);
}
